Muscat situated in Oman is one of the most popular spots for Dubai and UAE localities to spend their long vacation. Normally people prefer to travel from Dubai to Oman (Muscat) on EID Holidays and long weekend such as national day holiday, Annual Islamic Days and vice versa.
Please see below guidelines, important points if one wants to travel to Muscat or Oman in general.
- During weekends and big holidays always leave early as there will be huge traffic queue on Omani border.
- Consider going to Muscat via reputed airline (there are plenty of cheap flights and travel packages by Emirates and Etihad Airways for Dubai to Muscat)
- You don’t need to apply for Omani Visa if you are employed in UAE, however at the oman border you need to provide your passport along with Full proof of you being employed as well as Insurance document for the car in Oman
- Visa processing fee taken by Oman at the border is 100 AED per individual
- Make sure VISA is stamped by Oman border control as sometimes they might forget it due to large queue on EID and might cause delay and problem for traveler in future while coming back Read the rest of this entry »
BlackBerry Torch 9810 is one the Smartphones introduced by RIM launched in Dubai / UAE in mid 2011 (August 2011). It is a complete touch screen smartphone with QWERTY sliding keyboard as well. Â Being torch phone – 9810 is touching the hearts of both general smartphone users due to its large touch screen and at the same time regular blackberry users due to its sliding QWERTY keyboard. In UAE / Dubai consumer market as per the feedback received BlackBerry torch 9810 is mostly considered to be for general multimedia use rather than business (unlike Blackberry bold and curve series).
Nokia 200 is one of the phones launched by Nokia under Series 40 Asha Series. Nokia Asha 200 will be launched in Dubai / UAE consumer market in early 2012. The price of Nokia Asha 200 is remarkably cheap if compared to other handsets with certain features it carries. Being Asha phone, Nokia will launch Asha 200 in selected markets predominantly in Africa, Middle East and India. The flagship feature for Asha 200 is its dual SIM “Easy Swipe†feature. Easy Swipe lets you change the operator without even switching off the phone.
Nokia 303 is the new type of phone also referred as “Touch & Type†Nokia phone launched under the series of Nokia Asha (Series 40). Nokia Asha 303 will be available in Dubai and UAE by Q1 2011 thought the release dates are not confirmed (the article will be updated as soon as we get the dates and price information for Nokia 303).